mourn those killed, a funeral will be held this morningforkrystlecampbellandmemorial service is scheduled later tonight for lingzi lu. and following a tense friday under lockdown, bostonians this morning are heading back to work, resuming a bit of normality. but the blast site a stretch of boylston street that includes copley square near the marathon's finish line remains closed at least for now. boston's police commissioner telling cnn the area is expected to remain -- to reopen, i should say, in the next day or two. right now let's start with the surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev, 19 years old. he's at the beth israel deaconess medical center. he's in serious but stable condition. he is sedated with a tube down his throat after suffering a gunshot wound to his neck. and this just coming into cnn, sources now confirming that dzhokhar tsarnaev is communicating in fact with investigators by writing his answers down. they have been questioning him since yesterday. there is some form of communication between law enforcement and the suspect we believe in writing. pamela brown i

,andkrystlecampbell, andthe officer sean collier shotdown. >> so many questions. motive? was there anybody that may have helped them? why did they shoot that police officer? all these questions still remain. the oldest brother, tamerlan tsarnaev in-laws and wife are asking the public to please respect their privacy at this time. and as we know, tamerlan was the bombing suspect killed in a shoot-out with police. a statement issued outside the family's north king's town rhode island home rings, quote, our daughter has lost her husband today, the father of her child. we cannot begin to comprehend how this horrible tragedy occurred. in the aftermath of the horror, we know that we never really knew tamerlan tsarnaev. our hearts are sickened by the knowledge of the horror he inflicted. please respect our family's privacy at this difficult time. >> we are starting to get a clearer picture of who the suspects were and what they were doing before they began the reign of terror. >> the city of boston and the city of cambridge and watertown and many other communities can breathe a sigh of relief know

of the victims of the bombing,29-year-oldkrystlecampbell. massachusettsgovernor deval patrick will attend and at 2:50 p.m. eastern time bells across boston will ring to mark one week since those twin bombs went off just feet from the marathon's finish line changing so many lives in this that incident. joining me from washington, pete williams. let's talk about dzhokhar tsarnaev. he isn't talking yet but he's communicating. what more do we know about that and let's also talk about the issue of whether or not charges are coming today. >> okay. in terms of his communication, we're told that they are asking him questions for brief periods of time and that he is responding to some questions in writing. we don't know how complete or how thorough this is only that he's conscious and that he is responding to these questions, which during this stage will have to be confined to the issue of whether there's a continuing threat, whether other people were working with him, whether there were other bombs out there, things of that nature. now, on the question of whether charges or when they'll be filed,

, and expected to be here sometime this weekend. pamela brown, cnn, boston, massachusetts. >>>pamela,krystlecampbellwas killed just weeks before her 30th birthday. her brother says he's glad the manhunt it over, but it does not change the fact that his vivacious sister is gone. he told "the boston globe" i'm happy that nobody else will get hurt by these guys, but it's not going to bring her back. >>> a mid heightened security, runners made their way through london with boston on their mind. for one participant. it was extra-special. that's next. ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your family's future? we'll help you get there. you will lose 3 sets of keys 4 cell phones 7 socks and 6 weeks of sleep but one thing you don't want to lose is any more teeth. if you wear a partial, you are almost twice as likely to lose your supporting teeth. new poligrip and polident for partials

, funeral services for one of the bombing victims,29-year-oldkrystlecampbell. andacross boston and the world, the outpouring of support for the victims and the heroes continues. ♪ sweet caroline ♪ whoa whoa whoa ♪ good times never seemed so good ♪ ♪ so good, so good, so good ♪ i've been inclined ♪ whoa whoa whoa >> an emotional week in boston and we're on top of all the stories, good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. boston and the nation pause for a moment of silence one week after the first bomb blast at the boston marathon. seven days later, investigators from the fbi and c.i.a. are taking the first crucial steps in trying to communicate with boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. joining me now, nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, what do we know about their ability to communicate with him and about the legal steps that they will be taking? >> well, their ability to communicate with him is limited, because of this injury he has, his injuries are pretty serious. ehe's said to be in serious but stable condition. he's on a ventilat

, hundreds gathered for the funeralofkrystlecampbell, ayoung woman who will never see her 30th birthday. thanks to the brothers who allegedly carried out their deadly deeds in the crowd where she stood and cheered. i want to bring in nbc's luke russert with us from copley square in boston, and here in new york, nbc investigative producer bob windram. bob, the criminal complaint has been served against dzhokhar tsarnaev. you've head it. how damning is this complaint for the suspect? >> i think what you have here is a very strong complaint. remember, this is not an indictment. and this was not an arraignment today but an initial appearance. one of the things that struck me, as i was reading it, was the description of the search warrant executed in his dorm room at the university of massachusetts. at pine dale hall, they found a pyrotechnic device. not further explained. they found what appears to be the white hat that he wore and the black jacket that he wore. as well as bbs. so what you have throughout this charging sheet is a number of very specific details that go to what appears to be

in thebombings,krystlecampbellisone of them, she was remembered during a memorial service today and as the service began, which took place nearly seven miles from the marathon finish line, police officers lined the street to salute the casket bearing her remains. lingzi lu, the graduate student from china who friends say was passionate about math and took delight in the little things in life is also being remembered tonight. those who were injured are struggling to recover. tonight, 50 people remain in the hospital, including the transit officer who was wounded in the firefight with the tsarnaev brothers on thursday night. many of the dozen or so survivors who have endured amputations are being consoled by war veterans, which is just an incredible thing, who are telling them that their love of life doesn't have to perish with the limbs that they have lost. a group of runners who didn't get to finish the marathon last monday did today, symbolically carrying the torch for those who could not. and finally this evening, the fbi officially turned boylston street back over to the city

. >> reporter: as the day goes on we learn that 29-year-old medford, massachusettsresidentkrystlecampbellisone of the other victims of the attacks. her mother patty tried to hold back emotion for the cameras. >> she had a heart of gold and all smiles and couldn't ask for a better daughter. >> reporter: third victim is revealed by boston university, to be a 23-year-old graduate student, chinese national lingzi lu. her adviser and professor remembers a kind woman with a bright future. >> such a waste of all the time and energy and dreams that she had, and we'll never know what she could have done. >> reporter: day three, still no arrests and a city on edge. governor deval patrick spoke with cnn's wolf blitzer urging the public to be patient. >> this is going to take some time, a lot of time, and particularly given that there hasn't been an individual or group that's claimed responsibility. >> reporter: day four, president obama comes to boston and speaks of an interfaith service telling boston the country stands with it. >> the world will return to this great american city to run harder t

. in medford the funeral for29-year-oldkrystlecampbell. thechurch overflowing, the grief unbearable. now that boston has control of boylston street again throughout the day today residents and businesses will be allowed back in there, and the hope is, in the next day or two, it will be open to the general public. john, back to you. >> that's right, miguel marquez, thank you so much. boylston street right behind me will be open. as you said residents and people who work there. and one other note, there will be a memorial service for the m.i.t. police officer sean collier tomorrow and vice president joe biden and dr. jill biden are both planning to attend. >>> we know the tsarnaev brothers spent several years in the republic of dagestan in the russian caucasus. that's where their parents still live today. cnn's nick naturen walsh has been working the scene there. he joins us now from the capital. what have you learned this morning. >> john, i had a lengthy talk with zubeida tsarnaev, the brother of the two alleged boston bombers. very emotional, having in the last few hours, early morning

a moment of silence honoring the victims of this horrible terrorist attack.chrkrystlecampbellandlingzi lu, martin richard and of course officer collier. you had a moment of silence for them here in boston and throughout the country. >> the mayor will receive an american flag that flew over the finish line at the boston marathon exactly one week ago. the fbi will present the mayor with this commemorative american flag that has flown at half-staff over the boston marathon finish line in a ceremony that we are about to see live here on cnn. and then we are told the city will commence what's being described as a five-phase plan for reopening this street to business, to commerce, to traffic, to passengers, to people just walking along. the first phase will be decontamination and testing, to make sure everything is safe and secure. second phase is structural building assessments, utility coordination, making sure power has been restored. third phase, debris removal, getting rid of all the junk that's accumulated on the streets. phase four, internal building assessments, making sure the build